London Estates: Modernist Council Housing 1946-1981

The most comprehensive photographic document of the once-utopian London council estate buildings

The UK's landmark Housing Act of 1919 catalyzed the rapid development of state-owned public housing in planned council estates. Construction of these estates has largely ceased since the Thatcherist austerity policies of the '80s. Fast-forward a few decades and the estates have met various fates; some council estates are now considered notorious, while others are arguably the most desirable place...